Curable orthopedic implant devices configured to harden after placement in vivo by application of a cure-initiating energy before insertion

• Main Authors: SHERMAN MICHAEL C, PROTOPSALTIS DIMITRI K, TRIEU HAI H, JUSTIS JEFF R
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 13.06.2012
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DIAGNOSIS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; SURGERY; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

An orthopedic implant device (100, 200, 300, 301, 320, 340, 400, 500, 600, 700', 720, 740, 760, 770, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800) is non-rigid, i.e., flexible and/or malleable, in a first form for insertion into a desired in vivo site, and then transformable i...